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Phrase(s): hair and hide(, horns and tallow)
Rur. every last thing; every part. (Refers orginally to using every part of slaughtered cattle for something.) • They took everything Mary had, hair and hide, horns and tallow. • Joe never threw anything away. He found a use for everything, hair and hide.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs